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Friday, May 31, 2013

Tortellini Bake

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Sometimes everyone needs a fast and easy dinner recipe -- this is about to become my go to. This recipe is a nice comforting dish to come home to and it's so easy to make.

Cook the tortellini according to package directions.
Mix with the alfredo and marinara sauce in an 8x8 baking dish.

Top with mozzarella and parmesan.

Bake for fifteen minutes.

Then broil for five minutes to get a nice bubbly and golden topping.

Serve immediately.

Deliciousness.

This was so easy to make! I was so happy about how easy this was to put together, the flavors went great together. If you're having a bad day, but you're not feeling take-out, this might replace mac and cheese as your new favorite comfort food.

I think that would work just fine! Just do everything up until baking and then stick in the oven later. I think that since it bakes for fifteen and broils for five that even if it's been in the fridge it should heat all the way through.

I see now this is specific to vegetarian cooking so the chicken might not be what some people are looking for but the other addition might work well. Oops haha I found this on pinterest and just had to try.

You could use any kind, my boyfriend did the shopping for this recipe so I don't remember which brands he bought. I'm guessing he went to Giant Eagle (a local chain store) and bought the store brand of both.

I'm sure anything you use would be fine :)

Thank you for stopping by to comment, if you make it let me know how it went.

You can leave out the alfredo! It just makes the sauce more cheesy and turns it more orange like you see in the pictures. You can always add more mozzarella or parmesean to make up for it. If you try it, stop back and tell me how it when!

Made this for my husband and I about a month or two ago. It was really good! We needed comfort food at the time, and this worked so well! We would like to add a veggie to it and thought about broccoli. Thoughts on this or other veggies?

I've never tried to put it in the fridge first, but I don't see why not! It may just need to cook longer since it will be cold. I would bake it for the 15 minutes and then test a tortellini -- if it's still not hot then cook another ten-fifteen minutes (checking again to see if the tortellini is hot) before broiling the dish .

If you try the recipe and get the chance please stop back to let me know how it went!

What size jar of Marinara did you use? The jar I bought was pretty large and half of it seems like it was way too much marinara. It was really tasty anyway, but there was a lot more sauce and it looked a lot pinker than your pictures.

My co-blogger and I each made this recipe separately. Both of us think that we used half of a 16 ounce jar of marinara sauce, that seems to be the standard size in our grocery stores. Since you said it looked more pink, I'm guessing the alfredo/marinara proportion was just off.

I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the recipe otherwise, I hope I helped!

My roommate made this recipe 4 nights ago but it was so good I had to make it again! I work 2 jobs so having a recipe for something so simple, comforting, and filling is exactly what I needed! Thanks so much!

Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! I made it tonight and it was a great hit with all who tried it! I used a Garlic Alfredo sauce and Spicy Marinara, which gave the dish a perfect little "kick". Awesome recipe that I will definitely be using again in the near future! This is my new go-to!

Fresh tortellini has such a short boil time (3-6 minutes), I would think that if you just mixed and baked it that the small amount of cooking that the tortellini would typically do in the water, it would do in the sauce instead.

If you try it, stop by and let me know how you liked the recipe. Thank you for commenting.

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